Jessie was born about 1876. She is the daughter of John Van Orden and Phebe Arnold.
"Minnesota State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ6X-D1W : 3 April 2016), Jesse Van Orden, Cascade, Olmsted, Minnesota; citing p. 11, line 5, State Library and Records Service, St.Paul; FHL microfilm 565,793.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M93W-TT5 : accessed 16 August 2020), Jessie Van Orden in household of George W Granger, Rochester city Ward 2, Olmsted, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 116, sheet 12A, family 253, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,779.
"Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPH6-XCRR : 25 October 2019), Jessie Toomey, Byron, Olmsted, Minnesota, United States; citing Death, multiple county courthouses, Minnesota.
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1L-R2BJ : 17 July 2020), Jessie Van Orden Toomey, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID , Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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